Deck 8: Business Ethics and Technology

Question 1

Genetic profiling provides a perfect means for identifying a person.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Opponents of mandatory labeling for GMFs argue that there is no evidence that the products have any health hazards.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Web-based pornography and Internet gambling are the only business categories viewed as questionable.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Employers are not allowed to monitor their employees e-mail or Internet usage.

Question 5

We fear and worship technology is one of the symptoms of society's intoxication with technology.

Question 6

Cell phones are not considered technology used in the workplace.

Question 7

The most serious invasion of privacy issues with respect to electronic commerce is the creation of fake web sites.

Question 8

Stem cell research poses huge and interesting challenges for business and business ethics.

Question 9

Technology means many things to many people.

Question 10

Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people is one of the 10 commandments of computer ethics.

Question 11

Among many key ethical issues arising from advancing technology is the issue of privacy.

Question 12

Copying your company's software for home use is considered unethical.

Question 13

The issues of safety and labeling of GMFs are likely to go away.

Question 14

Electronic commerce is not one of the most significant technological phenomena of our day.

Question 15

One of the benefits of technology is that it expands job-related knowledge.

Question 16

Technology does not raise any new ethical issues.

Question 17

Business-to-consumer transactions are when we do personal business transactions on the Internet.

Question 18

Technology has helped us gain control over nature and to build for ourselves a civilized life.

Question 19

Technological unemployment ranks as the number one most undesirable side effect of technology.

Question 20

Many jobs in the technological world fail to give the workers a sense of accomplishment.

Question 21

Which of the following symptoms of society's intoxication with technology refers to the fact that our culture is dominated by consumer technology?

A) we favor the quick fix
B) we fear and worship technology
C) we love technology as a toy
D) we live our lives distanced and distracted

Question 22

Which of the following was not created to teach people how to use technology in a more ethical manner?

A) books published on the topic of ethics
B) special encyclopedias
C) new organizations concerned about ethics and technology
D) all of the above

Question 23

Technology has benefited the civilized life by

A) increasing society's production of goods and services
B) reduced the amount of labor needed to produce goods and services
C) enabled greater production with a lesser amount of human labor
D) all of the above

Question 24

Which of the following occurs when machines take the place of humans?

A) environmental pollution
B) depletion of natural resources
C) technological unemployment
D) creation of unsatisfying jobs

Question 25

Which one of the following is a higher standard of living due to technology?

A) people are better fed
B) people enjoy more health and comfort
C) life expectancy has increased
D) all of the above

Question 26

The totality of the means employed to provide objects necessary for human sustenance and comfort refers to

A) Biotechnology
B) Environment
C) Technology
D) none of the above

Question 27

Which of the following types of commerce refers to transactions when we do personal business on the Internet?

A) business-to-business
B) business-to-consumer
C) all of the above
D) None of the above

Question 28

Which of the following does our book consider the most technological phenomena of our day?

A) computer technology
B) electronic commerce
C) Biotechnology
D) None of the above

Question 29

An electronic greeting card that today plays "Happy Birthday" holds more computing power then existed in the world before

A) 1920
B) 1950
C) 1970
D) 1990

Question 30

What percent of Internet users do not know what a cookie is?

A) 25%
B) 35%
C) 56%
D) 68%

Question 31

Which of the following symptoms of society's intoxication with technology refers to the Internet, cell phones, and wireless technologies that promise to connect us to the world?

A) we favor the quick fix
B) we fear and worship technology
C) we accept violence as normal
D) we live our lives distanced and distracted

Question 32

Which one of the following is not a pertinent aspect of the technological environment?

A) new products
B) Processes
C) Materials
D) none of the above

Question 33

New technologies present many challenges to

A) Managers
B) Organizations
C) Society
D) all of the above

Question 34

Which of the following symptoms of society's intoxication with technology has made it possible for us to package violence in the form of merchandise?

A) we favor the quick fix
B) we fear and worship technology
C) we blur the distinction between what is real and what is fake
D) we accept violence as normal

Question 35

The goal of managers and businesses striving to be ethical should be all of the following except

A) to do what is right
B) to do what is fair
C) to avoid harm
D) to maximize shareholder's wealth

Question 36

Which of the following symptoms of society's intoxication with technology refers to our need to simplify our complex lives?

A) we favor the quick fix
B) we fear and worship technology
C) we accept violence as normal
D) we live our lives distanced and distracted

Question 37

Which of the following symptoms of society's intoxication with technology refers to our fear that we will fall behind competitors if we do not embrace technology?

A) we favor the quick fix
B) we fear and worship technology
C) we accept violence as normal
D) we live our lives distanced and distracted

Question 38

Which of the following ranks as one of the most undesirable side effects of technology?

A) environmental pollution
B) technological unemployment
C) depletion of natural resources
D) unsatisfying jobs

Question 39

There are how many symptoms of society's intoxication with technology?

A) 3
B) 4
C) 6
D) 10

Question 40

John Naisbitt has questioned whether advancing technology has the potential to be a _________ force in society?

A) Controlling
B) Liberating
C) Destructive
D) both b & c

Question 41

What percent of groceries are estimated to contain genetically modified ingredients?

A) 14%
B) 26%
C) 70%
D) 100%

Question 42

Which of the following is not a way employers can monitor their employees?

A) developing policies prohibiting the Internet for personal use
B) using monitoring software
C) restricting web site access
D) all of the above

Question 43

Which of the following was reported as the unethical activity that occurred the most when referring to employees using technology?

A) using a new technology while driving
B) blaming an error the employee made on a technological glitch
C) copying the company's software for home use
D) using office equipment to network/search for another job

Question 44

According to Forrester Research, in the coming years, e-commerce sales in Canada will do what?

A) Slightly decline
B) Increase
C) Stay the same
D) Vanish

Question 45

Which of the following is not a benefit of technology?

A) expands job-related knowledge
B) increases productivity during normal work hours
C) improves communication with clients and customers
D) adds to job stress

Question 46

Which of the following is not one of the Ten Commandments of computer ethics?

A) thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people
B) thou shalt not interfere with other peoples computer work
C) thou shalt not use a computer to steal
D) all of the above

Question 47

GMF stands for

A) Gradually Modifying the Future
B) Genetically Modified Foods
C) Growing Molecular Farms
D) None of the above

Question 48

Which of the following is not a debate surrounding cloning and genetic science?

A) cloning human beings
B) cloning animals
C) cloning plants
D) none of the above

Question 49

The idea that businesses needs to recognize the potential ethical issues involved in electronic commerce and be committed to treating customers and all affected stakeholders in an ethical fashion is referring to

A) ethical leadership
B) privacy policies
C) public opinion
D) none of the above

Question 50

Which of the following is not considered one of the two broad realms of biotechnology?

A) genetic engineering
B) genetically modified foods (GMFs)
C) stem cell research
D) none of the above